Jackson County marriages don't start in the states database until 1848. It is possible there was a record and it was stored in Brownsville. Might have been lost when that courthouse burned before county seat was moved to Murphysboro. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Mary Riseling" <riseling@insightbb.com> > I am trying to find a marriage record for Sophia Whitson (daughter of Thomas > Whitson) and Benjamin F. Henson. Everything I have says "abt 1828 in Jackson > County" but I haven't been able to find a record anywhere. I have checked the > state-wide database using several spelling variations to no avail. Was it > common to go to Missouri to get married? If someone wanted to go to Missouri > from Jackson County to get married, was there a county that was the most likely > location? Thanks for any assistance. > > Mary Riseling > Springfield, IL > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message